Body Battlegrounds : Transgressions, Tensions, and Transformations /

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Body Battlegrounds explores the rich and complex lives of society's body outlaws - individuals from myriad social locations who oppose hegemonic norms, customs, and conventions about the body. Original research chapters (based on textual analysis, qualitative interviews, and participant observa...

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Autres auteurs: Kwan, Samantha (Éditeur intellectuel), Bobel, Chris, 1963- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Queer people.
LGBTQ people.
Women > Psychology.
Manners and customs.
Human body > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Minorites sexuelles > Psychologie.
Femmes > Psychologie.
Moeurs et coutumes.
Corps humain > Aspect social.
Cultural Characteristics
Sexual minorities > Psychology.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Body Battlegrounds explores the rich and complex lives of society's body outlaws - individuals from myriad social locations who oppose hegemonic norms, customs, and conventions about the body. Original research chapters (based on textual analysis, qualitative interviews, and participant observation) along with personal narratives provide a window into the everyday lives of people rewriting the norms of embodiment in sites like schools, sporting events, and doctors' offices. --Back cover.
The complex lives of society's body outlaws and their acts of resistance.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9780826522351

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